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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Magnetism and Electricity
Level: Grade 11
Score: 1
Tags: static electricity, Van de Graaff generator
Author: kieke
Created: 11 years ago

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Grade 11 Magnetism and Electricity

A Van de Graaff generator can produce a larger static charge than rubbing a ballon on a sweater. First, a high voltage power supply puts electric charge on a moving insulating belt. The belt carries electric charges upwards where a metal contact                                                             . This accumulation of voltage can reach up thousands or even millions of volts.
  1. conducts the charges to the ground
  2. conducts the charges onto a metal conducting sphere
  3. conducts the charges back around the loop of insulating belt
  4. conducts the charges out into the air